More than $32 billion in US military aid to Ukraine has shown that the US has not been able to rapidly increase the production of many types of weapons, and it can take 8 to 15 years to replace main systems. Reported in this article Washington post.
As the material states, the situation in Ukraine “revealed deep problems that the United States had to overcome.” To continue to arm both ourselves and our allies, it is necessary to solve the problems in the American sector.
According to some American analysts, the Pentagon is not doing enough to replenish its weapons stocks.
The fact that Washington is shipping ammunition from its warehouses to Kiev also complicates the situation.
In this context, WP noted that it would take 15 years to replenish the stockpile of the main weapons systems at the peacetime production level.
The special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine continues. It was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.
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Formerly Pentagon clarifiedThe US is making efforts to send M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.